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As such that first Mardi Gras march was a major civil rights milestone beyond the gay community. Up to 3,000 people marched in an incident-free parade in 1979. In 1980 a key new element was introduced – the post-parade party. The face of the modern Mardi Gras we know today was taking shape. 1978: First gay Mardi Gras march, Sydney. Making history. Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives president Graham Willett describes the 1978 Mardi Gras as the ‘most dramatic moment of the backlash’ against the campaign for gay rights. 1978 First Australian Mardi Gras – 53 people arrested. Most charges eventually dropped, The Sydney Morning Herald published the names, occupations and addresses of those arrested in full, outing many and causing some to lose their jobs. 1978 Further protests. 178 arrested in total (inc. first Mardi Gras) What began one night in June, 1978, with a large crowd of partygoers ended in fear, arrests and brutal violence. This is an immersive 3D retelling of Australia's first Mardi Gras. The political impact of the Mardi Gras parades was also evident in the achievement in 1985 by the Gay & Lesbian Immigration Task Force of recognition of same sex “inter-dependent” relationships for Australian immigration, ahead of almost all other countries. The police attack on the first g ay M ardi Gras in Kings Cross late at night on Saturday 24 June 1978 was a pivotal moment in Australian social and political history. Though there had been gay and lesbian groups and protests after 1970, for the first time gay and lesbian rights became a significant public issue, creating a momentum for reforms. What happened at the first gay Australian Mardi Gras? In June 1978 the 9th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the newly-formed Gay Solidarity Group organised a daytime march and an evening parade in Sydney. This was the first Australian gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade. The parade moved down Oxford Street, but at Hyde Park police blocked 1978 - First Australian Mardi Gras – 53 people arrested. Most charges eventually dropped, The Sydney Morning Herald published the names, occupations and addresses of those arrested in full, outing many and causing some to lose their jobs. 1978 - Further protests. 178 arrested in total (inc. first Mardi Gras) Ms Minnis helped organise the first Mardi Gras as a member of the Gay Solidarity Group. The parade, along with other activities planned on June 24, 1978, formed part of a call for international A total of 53 people were arrested during Sydney's first-ever Mardi Gras. (Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives) The following morning, one of the city's most widely read newspapers, Prejudice and Pride marked the first occasion in which a major museum had been associated with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which was a matter of pride for all those associated with the Australian Museum. In the following years the Australian Museum would host a series of queer-focused exhibitions including Blak Beauty (1997-1998 Thousands of scantily clad revellers danced through Sydney on Saturday for the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade, transforming the Australian city into a vibrant sea of colour and costumes. More than 10,000 people -- many of them painted in glitter makeup -- and 180 floats rolled down a packed Oxford Street, lighting up the vibrant heart of Sydney This year is also the 40th Anniversary of the first Summer Mardi Gras, in February 1981. The first three Mardi Gras Parades were held in late June on the Stonewall uprising anniversary. Timeline – 1969 to 1971 • 1969 – Daughters of Bilitis, soon re-named the Australasian Lesbian Movement (ALM), formed in Melbourne. In 1968, Ken Davis became a socialist while still in high school — ten years later, he helped to lead the first Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney. As Davis explains, the struggle for gay rights in Australia formed part of a global fight for liberation. Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is here! Free to party, free to celebrate, free to laugh, free to be Festival-favourites, revamped returns and new queens on the block join the line-up for Sydney Mardi Gras 2025! Australia's bicentennial year. An Aboriginal float leads the Parade with a gay Indigenous man dressed as Captain Cook. 60 floats participate while a crowd of 20,000 look on. The Sydney Gay Mardi Gras Association's name changes to Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Association. The 47th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade saw over 11,000 participants from the LGBTQI spectrum broadcasting a message of pride, with a big crowd joining them lined up on Oxford Street or Sydney WorldPride hit Blak & Deadly: The First Nations Gala Concert is back!. Lighting up City Recital Hall on Thursday 27 February 2025, Faboriginal Steven Oliver returns as host of this night of rainbow variety performance, joined by Aria-award winning hitmaker Emily Wurramara and R&B force of nature Becca Hatch. Mr Albanese, who was the first sitting prime minister to march in the Mardi Gras parade in 2023, said rights for Australia’s LGBTQI+ community had “come a long way” however there was
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